MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 65

To draw a path with straight line segments:
Choose the Pen tool.
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If desired, choose Edit > Preferences and enable any of the following options on the Editing tab
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of the Preferences dialog box, then click OK:
Show Pen Preview
Show Solid Points
Note: On Mac OS X, choose Fireworks > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
Click on the canvas to place the first corner point.
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Move the pointer and click to place the next point. A straight line segment joins the two points.
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Continue plotting points. Straight segments bridge each gap between points.
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Do one of the following to end the path, either open or closed:
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Double-click the last point to end the path as an open path.
Choose another tool to end the path as an open path.
Note: When you choose any selection tool or vector tool other than the Text tool and then return
to the Pen tool, Fireworks resumes drawing the object at your next click.
To close the path, click the first point you plotted. The beginning and end points of a closed
path are the same.
Note: Loops formed by a path overlapping itself are not closed paths. Only paths that begin and
end on the same point are closed paths.
Drawing curved path segments
To draw curved path segments, you click and drag as you plot points. As you draw, the current
point shows point handles. Whether drawn with the Pen tool or with another Fireworks drawing
tool, all points on all vector objects have point handles. These handles are visible only on curve
points, however.
previews the line segment that would result from the next click.
shows solid points while you draw.
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